Taxon name
Oenanthe deserti
(Temminck, 1825)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Oenanthe deserti
(Temminck, 1825)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Birds
Species authority
(Temminck, 1825)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a large non-breeding population size relative to many other species that occur in the UAE, and in the absence of any information regarding the population trend the species is assessed here as Least Concern as it is not thought to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is common during migration and winter between September and early May. It is rarely recorded in other months (Pedersen et al. 2017). Birds wintering in or migrating through the UAE breed from Kashmir to central China (Jennings 2010).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species occurs in a variety of flat, open habitats, including scrubby desert and semi-desert, grassland, barren stony areas, scrubby saltflats, coastal dunes and cultivations (Richardson 1990, Jennings 2010, Aspinall and Porter 2011). It avoids densely vegetated and wooded areas, rocky areas and urban developments (Jennings 2010). It feeds on invertebrates and seeds, and is able to tolerate arid environments where no drinking water is available (Jennings 2010, Collar 2016). The species is migratory and breeds in late spring and early summer in southern central Asia.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
It is unlikely that this species faces any significant threats, although overgrazing outside of Protected Areas potentially could have an impact.
History
It is assessed that in 1996, the national Red List status of this species would have been the same as in this assessment.
Publication
Burfield, I.J., Westrip, J., Sheldon, R.D., Hermes, C., Wheatley, H., Smith, D., Harding, K.A. Allen, D.J. and Alshamsi, O. 2021. UAE National Red List of Birds. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
